Cognitive features of borderline personality disorder.
Of 50 patients with borderline personality disorder, 100% reported disturbed but nonpsychotic thought, 40% (N = 20) reported quasi-psychotic thought, and none reported true psychotic thought during the past 2 years; only 14% (N = 7) reported ever experiencing true psychotic thought. Disturbed and quasi-psychotic thought was significantly more common among these patients than among patients with other axis II disorders or schizophrenia and normal control subjects; however, true psychotic thought was significantly more common among schizophrenic patients. While disturbed thought was also common among axis II disorder and schizophrenic patients, quasi-psychotic thought was reported by only one of these subjects, suggesting that quasi-psychotic thought may be a marker for borderline personality disorder.
Zanarini
M C
MC
Psychosocial Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02173.
Gunderson
J G
JG
Frankenburg
F R
FR
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology